Agricultural Research Funds Dry Up as World Hunger Re-emerges

Written by Leslie Berliant
06/20/2008
According to the New York Times there is yet another pressure on global food prices, lack of crop research. Due to food surpluses over the last few decades, developed countries stopped investing in agricultural research that would benefit the developing world. Non-governmental agricultural research institutions like the International Rice Research Institute have seen their budgets [...] Read more...